It appears that this purge in the Chinese Communist Party will be in
slow motion as they systematically round up those who matter and put
them through an actual trial. Such a process working its way down
will stiffen Chinese morality for a long time. It is actually a huge
reformation that will ultimately cleanse Chinese society itself in
quite the same way Nazism was scoured out of Germany.
That Bo has abandoned false hope and actively working to save his
life is a huge victory for the present leadership.
In the meantime, his faction can surely be blamed for the aggressive
noises coming from China's military that otherwise make zero sense
whatsoever.
Bo Xilai Informing
on High-ranking Party Members, Says Report
In bid to save his
life, disgraced former Party heavyweight cooperates with
investigators
By Guo Hui,
May 1, 2013
Since Chinese
Communist Party Leader Xi Jinping took power in November 2012 he has
cast himself in the role of a tiger hunter, saying that in fighting
corruption the Party not only has to go after the “flies,” but
also the “tigers.” According to a Hong Kong magazine, Xi is
getting the help he needs to put a big tiger in his sights.
The disgraced former
politburo member and Chongqing Party head Bo Xilai is actively
helping a special task force and developing information that would
target a “big tiger,” according to an article by Jiang Weiping in
the May edition of New Way Monthly.
Bo Xilai can be
assumed to know quite a bit about the misdeeds of former top Party
officials. Bo was the close associate of former Party head Jiang
Zemin and former domestic security czar Zhou Yongkang. According to
sources familiar with the matter, Bo had plotted with Zhou
Yongkang and other members of Jiang’s faction to stage a coup after
Xi Jinping took power.
According to Jiang
Weiping’s report, Bo was initially arrogant and stoic in the face
of interrogation, but, as time passed, fantasies Bo held of a
revolt catapulting him to power crumbled.
Bo’s subordinates
had referred to Bo Xilai as “Bo Zedong,” suggesting he was the
new Mao Zedong, the founder and charismatic leader who had dominated
the Chinese Communist Party for three decades. Bo had expected that
the citizens and Party leaders in his old stomping grounds of Dalian
in northeastern China’s Liaoning Province and the province-level
city of Chongqing in the west would stir up trouble on Bo’s behalf.
Two things changed for
Bo, according to Jiang Weiping. First, he saw several
ex-mistresses and former subordinates turn over information
incriminating him. Second, he saw the peaceful transition of
power at the 18th Party Congress in November. At the conclusion
of the Congress, Bo’s enemies held the highest positions of
power.
After the Congress was
over, Jiang Weiping reports Bo Xilai was in tears and ready to make a
deal. In return for providing information on his former
associates, he is seeking to avoid the death penalty.
Sources close to the
special task force and Supreme People’s Procuratorate told Jiang
Weiping that Bo Xilai had committed grave crimes and would be lucky
to save his life. According to the sources, Bo’s fate depends on
whether he can bring down a big Party figure.
According to Jiang
Weiping’s report, the long delay in bringing Bo Xilai to trial—as
a preparatory move he was stripped of his Party membership and its
immunity from criminal prosecution in early November—is due to the
complicated nature of the information Bo is providing. It takes a
long time to untangle and verify the facts.
Jiang Weiping’s
career has been tied closely to Bo Xilai for over a decade. While Bo
was in Liaoning Province, Jiang published an article accusing Bo of
corruption, which led to Bo arresting Jiang in 2000 and sending him
to prison for seven years. After his release, Jiang emigrated to
Canada in 2009, where he has continued writing about his former
jailer.
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